This definitive box set includes all the landmark speeches of the great orator and American leader Martin Luther King, Jr. from his inspirational "I have a dream" to his fiery "Give us the ballot." Comprised of recordings previously included in "A call to conscience" (7 discs) and "A knock at midnight" (1-4, 5-8 discs) the essential box set is a must-have for any library collection.

Introduction (written and read by Andrew Young) --
The address to the first Montgomery Improvement Association (MIA) mass meeting (intro. written by Rosa Louise Parks and read by Mrs. Coretta Scott King) --
The birth of a new nation (intro. written and read by Reverend Leon H. Sullivan) --
Give us the ballot (intro. written and read by the Honorable Walter E. Fauntroy.) --
Address at the Freedom Hall rally in Cobo Hall (intro. written by Aretha and Erma Franklin, read by Yolanda King) --
I have a dream (intro. written and read by Dr. Dorothy I. Height) --
Eulogy for the young victims of the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church bombing (intro. written and read by Reverend Fred Shuttlesworth) --
Acceptance address for the Nobel Peace Prize (intro. written by His Holiness the Dalai Lama and read by Martin Luther King III) --
Address at the conclusion of the Selma to Montgomery march (intro. written and read by Representative John Lewis) --
Beyond Vietnam (intro. written and read by Ambassador George McGovern) --
Where do we go from here? (intro. written and read by Senator Edward M, Kennedy) --
I've been to the mountaintop / (intro. written and read by Andrew Young) Knock at midnight. Disc 1. Rediscovering lost values (introduction by Rev. Wyatt Tee Walker, read by Keith David) --
Paul's letter to American Christians (intro. by Rev. C.T. Vivian) --
Disc 2. Loving your enemies (intro. by Dr. Joan Campbell) --
Disc 3. A knock at midnight (intro by Rev. Dr. Otis Moss, Jr.) --
Disc 4. The American dream (intro. by Bishop T.D. Jakes, read by Keith David) --
Disc 5. Guidelines for a constructive church (intro. by Rev. Floyd Flake) --
Three dimensions of a complete life (intro. by Father Theodore M. Hesburgh, read by Keith David) --
Disc 6. Why Jesus called a man a fool (intro. by Rev. Billy Graham, read by Jay Gregory) --
The drum major instinct (intro. by Dr. Robert Franklin) --
Disc 7. Unfulfilled dreams (intro. by Dr. Vincent Harding) --
Disc 8. Remaining awake through a great revolution (intro. by Archbishop Desmond Tutu, read by Keith David) --
Afterword / by Clayborne Carson & Peter Holloran, read by Jay Gregory.

Abstract:

This definitive box set includes all the landmark speeches of the great orator and American leader Martin Luther King, Jr. from his inspirational "I have a dream" to his fiery "Give us the ballot." Comprised of recordings previously included in "A call to conscience" (7 discs) and "A knock at midnight" (1-4, 5-8 discs) the essential box set is a must-have for any library collection.

"This definitive box set includes all the landmark speeches of the great orator and American leader Martin Luther King, Jr. from his inspirational "I have a dream" to his fiery "Give us the ballot." Comprised of recordings previously included in "A call to conscience" (7 discs) and "A knock at midnight" (1-4, 5-8 discs) the essential box set is a must-have for any library collection."@en